Celecoxib Compared With No Treatment Before Surgery in Treating Patients With Localized Prostate Cancer

Completed · Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Prostate Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Celecoxib may be an effective treatment for early stage prostate cancer. It is not yet known if celecoxib is more effective than no treatment before surgery for prostate cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase I trial to determine the effectiveness of celecoxib given before surgery to remove the prostate in treating patients who have localized prostate cancer.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00022399
Run by
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
People needed
73
Starts
2002-04-25
Expected to finish
2005-01-31
Last updated by the study team
2019-02-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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